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AI & Technology

Iron Man Suit or Terminator? Siqi Chen on AI’s Role in Finance (And So Much More)

Oct 2, 2025

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21 min read

Iron Man Suit or Terminator? Siqi Chen on AI’s Role in Finance (And So Much More)

Is AI Helping CFOs Think Faster or Making Them Redundant?

Treasury

Apr 2, 2025

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20 min read

⚖️ The Treasury Management Tug of War

How to balance yield on cash with liquidity

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Treasury

🤨 Trust No One: A CFO’s Guide to Preventing Payment Fraud

Feb 27, 2025

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20 min read

🤨 Trust No One: A CFO’s Guide to Preventing Payment Fraud

Protecting your payments without slowing down your business

AI & Technology

Jan 30, 2025

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21 min read

👀 Meet the man disrupting FP&A

Eye-opening insights from the most interesting man in finance

Accounting & Controlling

Dec 28, 2024

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17 min read

🍾 Happy New Year (End)

7 ways to make this year-end your best ever

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CFO Role

Nov 30, 2024

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20 min read

🧠 The 7 Mindsets of the CFO

I wasn't always old and wise

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AI & Technology

😱 9 tips for avoiding an ERP rollout nightmare

Oct 26, 2024

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20 min read

😱 9 tips for avoiding an ERP rollout nightmare

Your guide to swerve an ERP catastrophe

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AI & Technology

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Jeff Hoffmeister, CFO of Shopify

Sep 30, 2024

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14 min read

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Jeff Hoffmeister, CFO of Shopify

Q&A with the CFO of a tech company that's powering the e-commerce revolution

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AI & Technology

🪦 Picking the wrong ERP could cost you your job

Sep 28, 2024

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21 min read

🪦 Picking the wrong ERP could cost you your job

The questions you need to be asking when choosing an ERP

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AI & Technology

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Courtland Showerman, CFO of Quora

Sep 23, 2024

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16 min read

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Courtland Showerman, CFO of Quora

Q&A with the CFO behind one of the most interesting social platforms on the internet...

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AI & Technology

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Babak Siavoshy, CFO of Anduril

Sep 12, 2024

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15 min read

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Babak Siavoshy, CFO of Anduril

How is one of the fastest growing companies on Earth using AI?

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AI & Technology

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp

Sep 5, 2024

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18 min read

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp

How AI is changing the CFO role

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Resources

📝 11 Secrets to Mastering Business Writing

Aug 31, 2024

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18 min read

📝 11 Secrets to Mastering Business Writing

We Could All Suck a Little Less at Writing

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Resources

Jul 27, 2024

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16 min read

💰 2024 CFO Secrets Compensation Survey

How do you stack up?

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Resources

Jun 29, 2024

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15 min read

🦸 The Secret CFO Origin Story

And 13 tweets you can learn from

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Teams & Hiring

🤫 The Real CFO Secret: My “MRI” Hiring Process

May 25, 2024

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21 min read

🤫 The Real CFO Secret: My “MRI” Hiring Process

And the 'magic' interview question

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M&A

👀 Year One Update On My Small Business Acquisition

Apr 27, 2024

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19 min read

👀 Year One Update On My Small Business Acquisition

Steal my playbook

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Resources

Mar 30, 2024

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18 min read

📚 Net Book Value: Secret CFO’s 13 Must Reads

Career and life changing books

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CFO Role

Feb 24, 2024

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20 min read

🪜 The Long and Winding Road (to CFO)

Not all paths are created equal.

Secret CFO

CFO Role

Jan 27, 2024

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17 min read

🚀 How to Survive as Elon's CFO

7 tips for succeeding in a hardcore environment

Secret CFO

Iron Man Suit or Terminator? Siqi Chen on AI’s Role in Finance (And So Much More)

⚖️ The Treasury Management Tug of War

🤨 Trust No One: A CFO’s Guide to Preventing Payment Fraud

👀 Meet the man disrupting FP&A

🍾 Happy New Year (End)

🧠 The 7 Mindsets of the CFO

😱 9 tips for avoiding an ERP rollout nightmare

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Jeff Hoffmeister, CFO of Shopify

🪦 Picking the wrong ERP could cost you your job

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Courtland Showerman, CFO of Quora

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Babak Siavoshy, CFO of Anduril

🤝 One-on-one Interview Series: Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp

📝 11 Secrets to Mastering Business Writing

💰 2024 CFO Secrets Compensation Survey

🦸 The Secret CFO Origin Story

🤫 The Real CFO Secret: My “MRI” Hiring Process

👀 Year One Update On My Small Business Acquisition

📚 Net Book Value: Secret CFO’s 13 Must Reads

🪜 The Long and Winding Road (to CFO)

🚀 How to Survive as Elon's CFO

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